Michael Young, who recently retired after 14 years in the major leagues, is sure baseball and other sports have had plenty of gay players already.

The seven-time All-Star was asked about Michael Sam, the Missouri football star and potential NFL draftee who announced he is gay on Sunday. Young believes MLB teams wouldn't have major difficulties adapting to openly gay players.

"I guarantee you I've had a gay teammate," Young told ESPN 103.3 FM. "This may be the first openly gay player in the NFL, but clearly we know there have been tons in every sport -- male, female, there have been tons in every sport.

"We just don't know about them or who they are. They're out there right now. They're out there in the NBA, in the NHL, in the big leagues and in the NFL. Hopefully players are just comfortable being themselves."

Young said he was impressed with the way Sam and his Missouri teammates dealt with the situation. Sam came out to the team before this past season.

"If a college program can pull it off, you'd like to think a bunch of paid professionals can do the same," Young said. "For me, it comes down to, 'Can this guy help us win? Is he a winning piece? Can he execute on the field and be a good teammate in the locker room?' I'd like to think it wouldn't be an issue at all, and all the teams I played on, I know it definitely wouldn't have been an issue."